International
Jan 24, 2025
Windhoek, Jan 24 (IANS) Namibia's Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) has intensified efforts to combat a malaria outbreak that has killed 28 people, with 5,898 confirmed cases reported as...
Jan 24, 2025
Damascus, Jan 24 (IANS) Nine Turkish soldiers were killed and 11 others injured in attacks by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) targetting Turkish bases in northern Aleppo province, a...
Jan 24, 2025
Tehran, Jan 24 (IANS) Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that his country seeks peace, not fight or war, while rebuffing external threats, reported the official news agency IRNA, on Friday.
Jan 24, 2025
Los Angeles, Jan 24 (IANS) Recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area destroyed over 10,000 structures, many of them homes. Tens of thousands have been displaced, and the search for housing is becoming...
South Korea: Prosecutors question acting chief of Presidential Security Service in martial law probe
Jan 24, 2025
Seoul, Jan 24 (IANS) South Korean prosecutors on Friday questioned the acting chief of the Presidential Security Service (PSS) as part of their investigation into the short-lived imposition of...
Jan 24, 2025
Canberra, Jan 24 (IANS) Australia's Prime Minister has promised cash incentives for apprentices who work in residential construction as part of a push to build more homes.
Jan 24, 2025
Moscow, Jan 24 (IANS) Russia has partially resumed its work in the Arctic Council, the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying on Friday.
Jan 24, 2025
Canberra, Jan 24 (IANS) Planned drone shows to celebrate Australia Day in the nation's capital have had their start time pushed back to prevent harm to a population of threatened bats.
Jan 24, 2025
Guwahati, Jan 24 (IANS) Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday met with top officials of a leading Japanese semiconductor supplier in Tokyo and invited him to partner with Assam for the...
Jan 24, 2025
Mexico City, Jan 23 (IANS) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has said that there is no need to expedite a review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) which was proposed by her US...
Jan 24, 2025
Seoul, Jan 24 (IANS) South Korean prosecutors on Friday filed for an extension of President Yoon Suk Yeol's detention until early next month, officials said, as they seek to speed up the...
Jan 24, 2025
Singapore, Jan 24 (IANS) The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced on Friday a slight easing of its monetary policy, marking the first such move since 2020 and the first adjustment in two...
Jan 24, 2025
United Nations, Jan 24 (IANS) UN Humanitarians continue to voice their insecurity concerns in Syria's north and northeast, including attacks near a Euphrates River dam, and nationwide economic...
Jan 24, 2025
Moscow, Jan 24 (IANS) Moscow's air defence systems were actively engaged in repelling a wave of Ukrainian drone attacks in the early hours of Friday, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin wrote on his...
Jan 24, 2025
Kinshasa, Jan 24 (IANS) The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed alarm over the resumption of hostilities by the March 23 Movement (M23) rebellion in the eastern Democratic Republic of...
Jan 24, 2025
Sydney, Jan 24 (IANS) International travellers have been warned to expect disruptions at Australia's major airports as ground workers strike.
Jan 24, 2025
Washington, Jan 24 (IANS) Citing the latest daily immigration enforcement report received from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the White House on Friday morning, India time,...
Jan 24, 2025
Kampala, Jan 24 (IANS) Uganda's Ministry of Health said that five children have died of measles in the semi-arid northeastern districts of Nabilatuk and Amudat.
Jan 24, 2025
Seoul, Jan 24 (IANS) South Korean prosecutors were expected to file for an extension of the arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday, officials said, as they seek to speed up the...
Jan 24, 2025
Seoul, Jan 24 (IANS) South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok on Friday urged officials to focus their efforts on maintaining the country's emergency medical system during the upcoming holiday...
Jan 24, 2025
Seoul, Jan 24 (IANS) The Bank of Korea (BOK) said on Friday it has issued a greater value of fresh banknotes for this year's Lunar New Year holiday than a year earlier.
Jan 24, 2025
Washington, Jan 24 (IANS) US President Donald Trump signed the executive order ordering the declassification of records regarding the assassinations of President John F Kennedy, Senator Robert F...
Jan 24, 2025
Jerusalem, Jan 24 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk was being "falsely smeared" in a row over a gesture he made at Donald Trump's inauguration...
Jan 24, 2025
Washington, Jan 24 (IANS) US President Donald Trump, affirmed hope of having a "very good relationship" with China under his administration, while also stressing the need to have a "level-playing...
Jan 24, 2025
Washington, Jan 24 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has told reporters that Russia "should want to make a deal" with Ukraine to end the "horrible war" and emphasised he would meet with Russian...
Jan 24, 2025
Washington, Jan 24 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte "to detail President Trump's immediate foreign policy priorities," according to a readout from...
Jan 24, 2025
Washington, Jan 24 (IANS) The US Senate has voted to confirm former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe as the next Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director under President...
Jan 24, 2025
New York, Jan 24 (IANS) A federal judge has stayed US President Donald Trump's order to deny automatic citizenship for babies born to parents here illegally or on temporary visas.
Jan 24, 2025
Davos (Switzerland), Jan 24 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has invited global businesses to manufacture their products in the US and promised them lower taxes but also issued a stern warning that...
Jan 24, 2025
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto arrived for a four-day visit in New Delhi on Thursday night during which he will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and will attend the...
Jan 23, 2025
New York, Jan 23 (IANS) Amid reports of Indians in the US on temporary visas requesting early C-Sections to speed up the birth of babies to beat President Donald Trump’s order restricting birthright...
Jan 23, 2025
London, Jan 23 (IANS) Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin has been confirmed as the new Irish Prime Minister after a vote in the Dail, lower house of Irish parliament, local media reported on Thursday.
Jan 23, 2025
Aden, Jan 23 (IANS) Yemen's pro-government forces thwarted an attack by militants of the Yemen-based al-Qaeda factions targetting a military installation in the country's southern province of Abyan...
Jan 23, 2025
Johannesburg, Jan 23 (IANS) South Africa has expressed "profound regret" over the US decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, said a government official on Thursday.
Jan 23, 2025
Cairo, Jan 23 (IANS) Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi urged here on Thursday intensified efforts to maintain peace and security in the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa, stressing the region's...
Jan 23, 2025
Islamabad, Jan 23 (IANS) The National Assembly of Pakistan on Thursday passed the controversial Prevention of Electronic Crimes (PECA) Amendment Bill 2025 amid a massive protest by the main...
Jan 23, 2025
Moscow, Jan 23 (IANS) Russia is open to equal dialogue with the United States and is waiting for a signal from Washington, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
Jan 23, 2025
Budapest, Jan 23 (IANS) Hungary is prepared to provide its full transit capacities to supply Slovakia with gas via the southern TurkStream pipeline, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade...
Jan 23, 2025
Seoul, Jan 23 (IANS) South Korean anti-corruption agency transferred its investigation of President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law bid to the prosecution on Thursday, asking he be indicted on...
Jan 23, 2025
Ankara, Jan 23 (IANS) Turkish police detained 2,795 suspects in a nationwide anti-drug trafficking operation, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Thursday.
Jan 23, 2025
Brussels, Jan 23 (IANS) Solar power overtook coal in Europe's electricity mix for the first time in 2024 while gas declined for the fifth year in a row, energy think tank Ember said in a report on...
Jan 23, 2025
Ramallah, Jan 23 (IANS) Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli military operation in Burqin, a town west of Jenin city in the northern West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Thursday.
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